Locations and Traveling within Outland

Notice! Information in this article is related to The Burning Crusade. This means it is likely to change before launch or even during the first several months after The Burning Crusade's release! If you wish to learn more about The Burning Crusade then check out our coverage right here.

Be sure to visit our nifty map of the Outland!

Outland, once known as Draenor, is a zone known by many World of Warcraft fans. Throughout the various RTS games Outland has served as a launching point for the Orc invasions along with several other major plots. It’s a broken world, parts of land float majestically through the sky while the various races hang on to their once beautiful land.

Now the time has come for the people of Azeroth to head to this world, through the Dark Portals, and face many of their enemies. The Burning Legion maintains a strong prescense in Outland along with various tribes of Orcs, Draenei, mysterious creatures, and the remainder of Illidans forces.

Flying Mounts

Flying mounts are the new form of transportation that comes with The Burning Crusade. They are native only to Outland (meaning they will not work in Azeroth) and they will allow players to travel the skies (and even the void) to various areas and instances that have no path connected to the ground.

We don’t know everything about flying mounts, but what we do know sounds like a ton of fun! Flying mounts have two modes: flying and running. They can travel the ground starting at epic mount speed. With enough forward momentum (or by jumping off a cliff) the mount will spread its wings and take to the air. From there you will control your mount like you control your character while swimming.

You can return to the ground by simply swooping come like you’re landing an airplane. There is also the option to dismount, although that would be unwise too high up in the air. You will be able to reach any location within Outland while flying around on your flying mount.

It will most then likely be quiet difficult to obtain a flying mount. You’ll need to be level seventy and assumedly go on a lengthy quest to obtain one. The flying mounts will not be super rare though, as they are needed for a lot of the level seventy content. Think of it like a key to one of the current instances.

Rare flying mounts will also be available. You can assume that they will be like the ZG special mounts, dropping probably once on a server each month. One confirmed rare mount is the Nether Drake. Nether Drakes are an extremely cool version of the flying mount, having their own special glow to them.

List of Regions within Outland

Have a look at our map of the Ouland to get a better idea where these areas are located.

Zones

Name Level Range Instance Levels Hellfire Peninsula 58-63 60-72 Zangarmarsh 60-64 62-72 Terokkar Forest 62-65 64-72 Nagrand 64-67 None Blade's Edge Mountains 65-68 Raid Instance Only Shadowmoon Valley 67-70 Raid Instance Only Nethermstorm 67-70 69-72

Towns

Factions

A - Alliance
H - Horde
N - Neutral (Similar to goblin cities)
F - Faction (Towns are owned by various factions)

Faction Name Location A Honor Hold Hellfire Peninsula A Temple of Sha'naar Hellfire Peninsula H Thrallmar Hellfire Peninsula H Falcon Watch Hellfire Peninsula A Telredor Zangarmarsh A Orebor Harborage Zangarmarsh H Swamprat Post Zangarmarsh H Zabra'jin Zangarmarsh F Cenarion Refuge Zangarmarsh F Sporeggar Zangarmarsh A Allerian Stronghold Terokkar Forest H Stonebreaker Hold Terokkar Forest N Shattrath City Terokkar Forest A Telaar Nagrand H Garadar Nagrand F Aeris Nagrand N Halaa Nagrand A Sylvanaar Blade's Edge Mountains H Thunderlord Stronghold Blade's Edge Mountains F Gronn'bor Shrine Blade's Edge Mountains A Wildhammer Stronghold Shadowmoon Valley H Shadowmoon Village Shadowmoon Valley F Ancient Draenei Base Shadowmoon Valley N Aerea 52 Netherstorm N The Stormspire Netherstorm

Instances

We also have a Burning Crusade FAQ that answers some questions in regards to instances. There are two kinds of instances in Outland. The first type is like Dire Maul, having several wings that range in difficulty (and sometimes ends with a very hard raid instance). Then there are pure raid instances that are like The Molten Core, requiring a raid of 25 people to take on the enemies within.

Hellfire Citadel (Hellfire Peninsula)

Hellfire Raparts (Level 60-62) The Blood Furnace (Level 61-63) The Shattered Halls (Level 70-72) Magtheridon's Lair (Raid Instance)

Coilfang Reservoir (Zangarmarsh)

The Slave Pens (Level 62-64) The Underbog (Level 63-65) The Steamvault (Level 70-72) Serpentshrine Cavern (Raid Instance)

Auchindoun (Terokkar Forest)

Auchenai Crypts (Level 64-66) Shadow Labyrinth (Level 65-67) Sethekk Halls (Level 67-69) Mana-Tombs (Level 70-72)

Gruul's Lair (Blade's Edge Mountains)

Gruul's Lair is a raid instance.

Black Temple (Shadowmoon Valley)

Black Temple is a raid instance.

Tempest Keep (Netherstorm)

The Mechanar (Level 69-72) The Botanica (Level 70-72) The Arcatraz (Level 70-72) Eye of the Storm (Raid) Houses Kael'thas a major storyline character.

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